Netflix has acquired documentary Print the Legend, a film about the 3D printing industry, which earned special jury recognition at SXSW this year for editing and storytelling. It will debut on Netflix sometime in 2014. The exclusive deal, which was a...

Xbox Entertainment Studios next year will debut its first original series, a string of documentaries that will examine memorable technological milestones or digital events. Each film will air exclusively on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and wherever Xbox Live i...

Warner Bros. has brought its Netflix-style streaming movie app to the iPad, giving users access to its 80-year archive of classic movies. Lovers of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall can now stream the Warner Archive Instant collection of more than 50...

The time between waiting for your Thanksgiving turkey to cook and sitting down to eat can feel like an eternity. To help pass the time, Netflix created this handy guide that tells you which combination of movies or TV shows to watch based on the weig...

Netflix disrupted the TV industry this year and made history at the Emmy Awards for its original programming. Now, the streaming service is lining up content and making bold statements to enter the Academy Awards race for those coveted Oscar statuett...

Streaming-video service Netflix released its anticipated Profiles feature on Thursday after teasing and testing it for months. The Profiles feature allows as many as five people or groups to share a single Netflix account. The feature will solve the ...

For many movies these days, the shortest route to the top of the charts is through the alphabet. Film studios have figured out that, all else being equal, it's better for a movie to appear toward the top of the A-to-Z listings where people increasing...

If you like films that are a little out there in terms of creative direction, then Tim Burton's new stop-motion movie Frankenweenie should definitely be on your radar. Based on a short film Burton created back in 1984, it tells the story of a young b...

Last week, Netflix streaming said goodbye to Starz content, a loss that has significantly pared down its online offerings. While Starz movies only made up about 1,000 of the streaming options, they were anywhere from 2% to 8% of the content streamed ...

Netflix hasn't been doing well communicating with its movie-loving customer base in the past six months (remember Qwikster?), and the company tripped up again this week. A post published on the company's official blog, stating customers can now sign ...

A number of U.S. senators are opposed to amending the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act to let Netflix automatically publish user views on Facebook via frictionless sharing. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who sponsored the VPPA, said in a hearing on ...

Time Warner Cable customers who subscribe to HBO or Cinemax will soon get to use HBO GO and MAX GO, the premium cable networks' instant-streaming services. TWC announced the deal Friday night, saying subscribers will be able to access movies, documen...

Netflix and Hulu might be the two biggest players in the subscription streaming game, but that doesn't mean their users consume content the same way. A new survey from Nielsen looks into how Netflix and Hulu users watch, what devices are most popular...

Netflix announced that it is expanding its operations to Canada, bringing its Watch Instantly service of streaming TV shows and movies to our neighbors in the North. This is Netflix's first expansion outside of the U.S. and will mark the company's fi...

Could it be that Netflix will finally find its way on to the Nintendo Wii (currently the only console without the rental streaming service)? There's been rampant speculation about a deal in the works since October of last year. In an interview with P...

In an announcement that some people are calling major, Amazon announced today that it will start streaming movies and TV shows on its own site – for a fee. Amazon’s Video-on-Demand service will feature 40,000 titles and hit the ground running today. ...

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